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Seeking to return to the living conditions of the 18th century is a bold policy position!
by aschearer 4y ago
Seeking to return to the living conditions of the 18th century is a bold policy position!
- dchftcs 4y agoWell, yeah, what century's living conditions does homelessness correspond to?
- defrost 4y ago19th Century Victorian London - the time of coffin beds and T'penny hangers (hard benches with a rope to hang your body across as you slept sitting upright). https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/02/homelessness-victorian-london-exhibition-geffrye-museum https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/02/homeles... https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-homeless-of-victorian-london/ https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-homeles...
- fbdab103 4y agoI needed a visual, and this site[0] has a picture of a two-penny hangover. Which looks to be just a rope hanging over some hay. [0]: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Two-Penny-Hangover/ https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Two-Penny-Hangover/
- defrost 4y agoThat's the one .. there was a whole range of "sleeping" accomadations for the homeless in Victorian London and I muddled two together .. situp benches & a rope to drape over - my bad. Welcome to the literal "Dickensian Aspect" ref'd in the fifth season of The Wire.
- carom 4y agoIt beats living in a tent below an underpass.
- watwut 4y agoThere is wild huge gap between what zoning enforces and "living conditions of the 18th century". You can even ease on zoning while creating better living environment then currently exists.
- scld 4y ago.....or how millions of college students live every day! Which....is the preferred living situation one year, and inhumane the next????
- triceratops 4y agoMany people will happily sleep in a warm, safe room instead of a tent in a park. Even if they have to share a bathroom.